diff --git a/components/synedit/synmemo.pas b/components/synedit/synmemo.pas
index 4d6e7f97c0..a0e0396470 100644
--- a/components/synedit/synmemo.pas
+++ b/components/synedit/synmemo.pas
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ end;
 function TCustomSynMemo.RowColToCharIndex(RowCol: TPoint): integer;
 var
   i: integer;
-  e: Char;
+  e: string;
   LineEndLen: Integer;
 begin
   Result := 0;